Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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¶LAFTY, adj. Rare Sc. form of Eng. lofty.m.Lth. 1820 C. L. Ramsay MS. Poems 131:
Whaur mighty Clyde — wi' lafty pride Majestic flows.